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1811ref. 1355404Philadelphia: Edward Parker 1811. First American Edition. Hardcover. Octavo viii 412 pp. Good; contemporary leather on boards with rebound spine in modern leather; some surface marks to boards and wear to edges and corners; binding tight; text block slightly discolored; extensive foxing and age-toning throughout; previous owners' names in ink on inside front cover and title page "Robt M. Sullivan" and "J. Sullivan Thomas"; ex-library copy with usual markings including a bookplate to front pastedown. MF consignment. 1355404. Special Collections. Edward Parker hardcover books
1894ref. 53896London: Kegan Paul; Trench; Trübner & Co. et al. 1894. First edition. Hardcover. Good . Folio 12 1/2 x 10". 10 39 1pp Text xvii leaves Plates Ahnas el Medineh; vi 2 34 2pp Text x leaves Plates The Tomb of Paheri at El Kab. Original half brown cloth lettered in red over age toned printed boards. The rear board lists the previous publications of the Egypt Exploration Fund and the Archaeological Survey of Egypt. Boards are edgeworn and inner hinges are cracked but holding nicely. This 11th memoir of the Egypt Exploration Fund contains the following two books: The first one "Ahnas el Medineh Heracleopolis Magna With Chapters on Mendes the Nome of Thoth and Leontopolis" deals with the results of two excavation campaigns undertaken by Swiss archaeologist Edouard Naville at Ahnas el Medineh mostly known as Heracleopolis Magna the Roman name of the capital of the 20th nome of ancient Upper Egypt. The site is located approximately 9.3 miles 13 km west of the modern city of Beni Suef in the Beni Suef Governorate of Egypt. This first part is illustrated with 17 plates 4 with b/w illustrations one map and 12 with striking photogravures The second book "The Tomb of Paheri at El Kab" deals with the excavations undertaken at the tomb of Paheri a local ancient Egyptian prince who lived in El Kab at the beginning of the 18th Dynasty New Kingdom - about 1500 BC. His grave was decorated with reliefs and is one of the best preserved of the early 18th Dynasty. The tomb highlights the important role of this city at the beginning of this era. The tomb consists of an aboveground chapel which consists of a room and has a shaft in front of it leading down to the burial chamber. In the grave the reliefs on the west wall depict mainly agricultural scenes and rituals for the dead in the center; on the east wall is depicted a large banquet. On the back wall is a niche containing three statues representing Paheri his wife Henuterneheh and his mother Kemi. This second part is illustrated with 10 plates b/w illustrations. Kegan Paul; Trench; Trübner & Co. et al. hardcover books
1894ref. 34026London: Offices of the Egypt Exploration Fund; Kegan Paul Trench Trübner & Co 1894. First edition. Hardcover. g. Folio. 10 70 2pp Text XXIII Plates. Half cloth over printed paper covered boards. Color frontispiece. This remarkable work completes the survey of the monuments of the Middle Kingdom at El Bersheh and is exquisitely illustrated with 23 stunning b/w and color plates including 2 folded. Covers age-toned and rubbed along edges. Previous owner's bookplate on inside of front cover. Binding in overall fair interior in good to very good condition. Offices of the Egypt Exploration Fund; Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co hardcover books
1966ref. 209911Archon Books 1966. Hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. 1966 edition no dust jacket. Blue cloth boards have several white scuffmarks on front. Binding is good. Pages are clean and unmarked. 69 pages. LO S.U. Archon Books hardcover books
1839ref. 012367London: George Rutlledge 1839. New Edition and First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good . A New Edition in Two Volumes" Three quarter black polished calf over marbleized boards all edges marbleized gilt to spine. A handsome set. Solid bindings. George Rutlledge hardcover books
ref. acs12Published by G-3 I & E Section & Public Relations Office under the direction of Major Paul L. Bogen Asst. G-3 I & E. Printed in Germany Steinbeck-Druck Aschaffenburg. Octavo original contents rebound in full-leather hardcover gilt lettering viii 288 pp 69 Maps 74 pp fold-out map enclosed in rear envelope. Fine. Photographs gladly provided upon request. hardcover books
1910ref. 2335948New York: The United States Catholic Historical Society 1910. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Former church library copy St. Bernard's Seminary Library - usual marks. Binding tight and square text clean bright and unmarked. 1910 Hard Cover. 235 pp. Charles Russell Baron Russell born November 10 1832 Newry County Down Ireland - died August 10 1900 London England lord chief justice of England from June 1894 until his death. A formidable courtroom advocate he became widely admired as a strong but moderate judge. Russell practiced law in Ireland from 1854 and in England usually at Liverpool from 1859. In 1872 he was appointed a queen's counsel. A Liberal Party member of the House of Commons from 1880 to 1894 he served as attorney general under Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone in 1886 and again in 1892 - 94. Although he was sympathetic to Irish nationalism he urged the establishment of an Irish Parliament subordinate to England's rather than the granting of Home Rule which would have given the Irish wider power. In 1888 - 90 he gained fame as principal defense counsel before the Parnell Commission by discrediting much of the testimony against the Irish nationalist leader Charles Stewart Parnell especially that based on a letter forged by a journalist Richard Pigott. Created a lord of appeal in May 1894 Russell then was appointed lord chief justice of England on the death of John Duke Baron Coleridge June 14 1894. His reputation as a great judge was secured by his conduct of the trial of L.S. Jameson and other British subjects who had abortively invaded the Boer state of the Transvaal December 1895 - January 1896. In 1899 he participated in the successful arbitration of the Venezuela - British Guiana boundary dispute that had threatened to lead to war between Great Britain and the United States. - Britannica The United States Catholic Historical Society hardcover books
1924ref. 106068.1New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1924. Hardbound. VG- ex-library art museum with labels on spine ffep and some pencil notation on ffep. Foxing on head of text block. Grey cloth with bevelled edges. xxiv 143 pp. with 12 pages of color plates then followed by 103 pages of glossy bw plates containing 207 images. Approaches the topic of English pottery in chronological fashion from the Middle Ages and Tudor Times to the Neo-Classical Age. Color plates enhance the text while the large section of BW plates at the rear provides many good examples. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
1924ref. 106168New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1924. Hardbound. VG. Grey cloth with bevelled edges. xxiv 143 pp. with 12 pages of color plates then followed by 103 pages of glossy bw plates containing 207 images. Approaches the topic of English pottery in chronological fashion from the Middle Ages and Tudor Times to the Neo-Classical Age. Color plates enhance the text while the large section of BW plates at the rear provides many good examples. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
1897ref. 88173Westminster London: Archibald Constable and Company 1897. First Edition. First impression. Two tall octavo volumes 24.5cm. Publisher's gilt-pictorial blue-green cloth; xvi510; xvi671pp; gravure frontispiece to both volumes plus 125 unnumbered leaves of plates sixteen in color after Nansen's original sketches; the remainder in halftone or gravure mostly from original photographs; four color-printed folding maps. Collated complete. Contemporary gift inscription to front endpaper of v.1 dated 1897. Scattered mild foxing to texts; mild external wear and some wrinkling to cloth at spines; together a complete sound Very Good set of what is arguably the greatest 19th-c. narrative of polar exploration. ARCTIC BIBLIOGRAPHY 11983. PMM 384 the Norwegian edition. Archibald Constable and Company unknown books
1897ref. 88351New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1897. First American Edition. Two Octavo volumes 24cm; dark gray cloth-covered boards with titling stamped in gilt on spine and titling and decorations stamped in gilt silver red and green on spines and front covers; top edges gilt; fore- and lower- edges untrimmed; xviii5871pp; xiv729112-4pp; all black-and-white and colorful illustrations present and complete throughout both volumes with four folded illustrated maps tucked into folders of Vol. I. The Map showing the 'Route of the Fram' has multiple 2.5" tears and there are tiny holes to creases of all four of the folded maps. This copy is from the library of noted poet translator and anthropologist Nathaniel Tarn 1928-2024 with his pictorial bookplates to front pastedowns of both volumes. Vol. I has modest shelf-wear and -soil with rubbing to board edges; Very Good. Vol. II has shelf-wear with -soil modest rubbing to board edges and cracked hinges with start of text beginning to disconnect; Good. Significant 19th-c. narrative of polar exploration. Nansen wrote Farthest North in two months following his trip on the Fram with Johansen and crew. HOWGEGO Encyclopedia of Exploration 1850 to 1940 N3. 88351. Harper & Brothers Publishers unknown books
1870ref. 45098London: George Routledge and Sons 1870. Later edition. Hardcover. g to vg. Quarto 9 1/4 x 6 1/4". xvi 658pp Vol. 1; viii 705 1pp. Original 3/4 calf over marbled paper covered boards with gold lettering and tooling to spines. Raised bands. Top edge of each volume gilt. Marbled endpapers. Tissue-guarded engraved frontispiece portrait in first volume. Charles V 1500-1558 was a Fleming royal of the Austrian House of Habsburg and the Castillan House of Trastamara who ruled the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation from 1519 as Emperor Charles V the Spanish Empire from 1516 as King Charles I and the Low Countries from 1506 as Duke Charles II. The Spanish conquest of the Aztecs and Incas and the German colonisation of Venezuela both occurred during his reign. Charles V revitalized the medieval concept of the universal monarchy of Charlemagne and travelled from city to city with no single fixed capital: overall he spent 28 years in the Habsburg Netherlands primarily Bruxelles 18 years in Spain notably Toledo and Extremadura and 9 years in Germany. "After four decades of incessant warfare with the Kingdom of France the Ottoman Empire and the Protestants Charles V abandoned his multi-national project with a series of abdications between 1554 and 1556 in favor of his son Philip II of Spain and his own brother Ferdinand of Austria. The personal union of his European and American territories spanning over nearly 4 million square kilometres 1.545000 square miles was the first collection of realms to be defined as "the empire on which the sun never sets." For more information see: Michael Tarver's "The Spanish Empire: A Historical Encyclopaedia" ABC-Clio 2016. Minor and sporadic rubbing along edges of bindings. Bindings in overall good interior in very good condition. George Routledge and Sons hardcover books
1961ref. 129183Milano: Rizzoli Editore 1961. Hardbound. VG/VG- light wear to extremities of dj. in VG slipcase. A large weighty book. Green cloth with color pictorial glossy dustjacket all contained in a custom slipcase. Appx. 105 pp. 115 mostly color plates tipped-in to the text portion and 42 full-sheet color plates many of them folding. A most impressive book both by its content and its volumetric displacement. Text is in Italian. Transit mass would be 272 ounces. A stunning production detailing the work of Carpaccio in the Church of San Giorgio Degli Schiavoni. Rizzoli Editore hardcover books
1977ref. 122184Milano: Rizzoli Editore 1977. second edition. Hardbound. VG/VG- small rip in lower rear dustjacket in VG slipcase. A large weighty book. Green cloth with color pictorial glossy dustjacket all contained in a custom slipcase. Appx. 105 pp. 115 mostly color plates tipped-in to the text portion and 34 full sheet 13.5" x 16" color plates many of them folding. A most impressive book both by its content and its volumetric displacement. Text is in Italian. Transit mass would be 272 ounces. A stunning production detailing the work of Carpaccio in the Church of San Giorgio Degli Schiavoni. Rizzoli Editore hardcover books
1976ref. 122182Milano: Rizzoli Editore 1976. Hardbound. VG/VG in VG slipcase. A large weighty book. Red maroon cloth with color pictorial glossy dustjacket all contained in a custom slipcase. Appx. 217 pp. 138 mostly color plates tipped-in to the text portion and 50 full sheet 13.5" x 16" color plates. A most impressive book both by it's content and it volumetric displacement. Vital in the study of Caravaggio. Another version of this appears to have been printed in 1971 and this edition has a few extra illustrations at least and likely some additional or revised text. Text is in Italian. Transit mass would be 272 ounces. A stunning production. Rizzoli Editore hardcover books
1975ref. 345908Mexico City: Archivo General de la Nación Archivo Historico de Hacienda 1975. Paperback. lix 137p. wraps lightly edgeworn many leaves unopened else very good condition. Text in Spanish. Colección documental Número 1. Archivo General de la Nación, Archivo Historico de Hacienda paperback books
1921ref. 56000Rome: La Vita Italiana 1921. First Italian edition. Softcover. g- to g. Octavo. 190 1pp. Tan paper wrappers with text in black and red on covers and spine. Translator not credited. The first Italian edition of the infamous and influential anti-Semitic forgery is quite scarce and is the only edition to have been published prior to the Fascist takeover of the country which occurred the following year. The book includes the full text of the Protocols and introductory comments as well as an extensive 60-page appendix at the rear prepared by publisher Giovanni Preziosi. Initial text at the front of the publication also includes Italian translations of the preface from the original 1920 London edition and the original introductory text from the 1905 Russian edition. It is interesting to note that even this early in the publication history of the Protocols editors were already admitting to the questionable authenticity of the text that they were so rabidly promoting as can be seen in the introductory comments here. The publication was issued by the right-wing political journal La Vita Italiana which was headed by prominent Italian anti-Semitic and nationalist writer Giovanni Preziosi 1881-1945 who would go on to become a prominent figure in Italian Fascist publishing. Wrappers with light staining and sunning. Spine with closed tears and rubbing to the head and tail. Interior with foxing to the half-title pages as well as additional sporadic minor to light foxing to additional pages throughout. Book block loosening at the title page. Wrappers in good- interior in good condition overall. Subtitle: Versione Italiana con Appendice Scarce edition with only 2 holdings in North America per OCLC. La Vita Italiana unknown books
1791ref. 4823Dublin: P. Wogan P. Byrne W. Sleater. J. Moore J. Jones A. Grueber W. Jones R. Weite J. Rice and R. M'Allister 1791. Very Good. Dublin: P. Wogan P. Byrne W. Sleater. J. Moore J. Jones A. Grueber W. Jones R. Weite J. Rice and R. M'Allister 1791. Second Edition. Part 1 all published. Octavo; viii 366 p. A5 B-2A8. Leaf 2A8 blank removed. Lacks fold-out chart of Constitution. Contemporary mottled calf with red spine label with gilt lettering. Written as a response to Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France 1790 the Letters were designed to contrast Burke's characterization of the violence of the revolution. Rubbed at hinges and along edges. Corners rubbed with brief exposure. Shallow loss at spine crown. Binding is sound. Some soiling and staining to interior but text is legible throughout. P. Wogan, P. Byrne, W. Sleater. J. Moore, J. Jones, A. Grueber, W. Jones, R. Weite, J. Rice, and R. M'Allister unknown books
1979ref. 1399771Washington D. C.: The Brookings Institute 1979. Ninth Printing. Hardcover. Octavo xiv 371 pages. In Very Good condition. Orange spine with gilt lettering. Boards have mild rubbing throughout and light denting to the rear fore edge. Textblock has a price sticker on the front free end page an ink signature from Charles Calomiris presumably a previous owner on the front free end page and shelving wear to edges. Shelved in Room A. 1399771. Special Collections. The Brookings Institute hardcover books
1870ref. 1409214Washington: Government Printing Office 1870. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo 234 pages plus 5 plates. In Very Good minus condition. In black leather half binding with green cloth boards with gilt stamped decoration on front cover and gilt titling to spine. Significant rubbing and wear to leather elements of boards and spine with exposed board at the fore corners cracking along the joints and chipping at the head and tail. Text block shows moderate toning and wear along edges with dust soiling to top edge. Lightly age toned and sparsely foxed throughout. Ex-library with faint ink stamps and sparse penciling present on some pages throughout. Bookplate on front pastedown from U. S. Navy surgeon and medical director Ninian Pinkney who was especially prominent and recognized for his work during the Civil War. Shelved in Room A. 1409214. Special Collections. Government Printing Office hardcover books
1925ref. 140945616Berlin: Verlag von Julius Springer 1925. First edition. First edition. xiv 377 1 4 pp. Bound in publisher's orangish yellow boards. Near Fine with light rubbing and soiling to boards tiny pen squiggle to front board. Contents bright and unmarked. An uncommon German-language physics text with an appendix by Einstein. Verlag von Julius Springer unknown books
1822ref. 1357889London: T. Cadell 1822. Hardcover. Octavo vii 548 pages with 15 plates. In Good condition. Bound in contemporary leather. Surface somewhat marked and scratched with wear to spine edges and corners and some chipping to top of spine. Binding tight. Text block age toned with foxing throughout. An ex-library copy with usual markings including a bookplate to front pastedown institutional stamps to several pages and call number written in pencil. Fifteen plates present and intact including one plate opposite title page. MF Consignment. 1357889. Special Collections. T. Cadell hardcover books
1972ref. 257269Colorado Springs CO: Ralph Myles Publisher 1972. Pamphlet. 34p. 5.5x8.5 inches wraps lightly soiled else very good reprint booklet in stapled white wraps. Libertarian broadsides no. 2. Reprint of Badcock's address delivered in 1894 before the South Place Junior Ethical Society London. Ralph Myles Publisher unknown books
1972ref. 63406Colorado Springs CO: Ralph Myles Publisher 1972. Pamphlet. 34p. 5.5x8.5 inches very good reprint booklet in stapled white wraps. Libertarian broadsides no. 2. Reprint of Badcock's address delivered in 1894 before the South Place Junior Ethical Society London. Ralph Myles Publisher unknown books
1876ref. 016575D.Appleton and Company 1876. Book. Fine. Full-Leather. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine Copy In Full Dark Brown Leather. Great Classic Biography Of This Great Confederate General. Rare In This Condition And in Original Full Leather. Personal Library Label. D.Appleton and Company Hardcover books
